1. What are the four main types of air masses? What does each letter stand for? There is mP, cP, mT, and cT. P stands for Polar, T stands for Tropical, m stands for wet, and c stands for continental.
2. Which kind of air mass(es) do you think brings hurricanes? Maritime Tropical brings hurricanes.
3. Which kind of air mass(es) do you think brings drought? Continental Tropical brings droughts.
4. Which kind of air mass(es) brings lake-effect snowstorms? Continental Polar brings lake-effect snowstorms.
5. Today we learned about the four main types of air masses. In reality, there any many more than four. What are two others? Explain them. The other air masses are Arctic and Highland. Arctic air masses are colder and has lower dewpoints than Polar air masses. Highland air masses occur in regions with large elevation changes over short distances.
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